Immunocytochemical distribution of aromatase cytochrome P450 in the rat brain using peptide-generated polyclonal antibodies.

Abstract:

:Estrogen formation is catalyzed by the aromatase cytochrome P450 (P450AROM) enzyme. Aromatase activity has been detected in several regions in the rat brain. In the present study, we used peptide-generated polyclonal antibodies raised against a 20-amino acid synthetic fragment of the rat P450AROM protein (as deduced from the nucleic acid sequence of the rat P450AROM complementary DNA), to determine the location of this enzyme in rat brain sections. Immunoreactive antisera were titered by means of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and purified by diethylaminoethyl-Affigel Blue chromatography. Specific immunoreactivity was confirmed by Western blot analysis using known aromatase-containing tissue (rat ovary homogenates and microsomal fractions). Evaluation of the distribution of P450AROM immunoreactivity in brain sections of male and female rats (30 and 60 days of age) was performed using the avidin biotin peroxidase immunocytochemical technique and light microscopy. P450AROM immunoreactivity appeared to be localized to neurons, and was present in brain regions and nuclei where enzymatic activity has been reported. For example, intense immunoreactivity was observed in the amygdaloid structures and supraoptic nucleus, whereas moderate to light immunoreactivity was evident in the paraventricular and arcuate nuclei and hippocampus. Surprisingly, neurons in the bed nucleus stria terminalis, medial basal hypothalamic, and preoptic areas displayed little aromatase immunoreactivity. However, P450AROM immunoreactivity was detected in specific brain regions not previously recognized to contain the enzyme (i.e. intense staining was seen in the reticular thalamic nucleus, olfactory tract and piriform cortex, as well as other brain structures). The pattern, distribution, and intensity of P450AROM immunoreactivity was similar regardless of sex or age. In this study, microsomal preparations derived from a new brain area (i.e. the reticular thalamic nucleus; Rt) displaying P450AROM immunoreactivity were observed to contain detectable levels of aromatase enzymatic activity, as determined by the 3H2O-release assay. The activity in the Rt was inhibited by a known aromatase inhibitor, 4-hydroxyandrostenedione. These results confirm histologically the localization of P450AROM to brain regions where aromatase enzymatic activity has been detected and extend the knowledge of its location to areas previously unknown as sites of aromatase activity, which may be involved in the modulation of neuroendocrine function and reproductive behavior.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Sanghera MK,Simpson ER,McPhaul MJ,Kozlowski G,Conley AJ,Lephart ED

doi

10.1210/endo-129-6-2834

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-12-01 00:00:00

pages

2834-44

issue

6

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

129

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